At 6:15 p.m. Moscow time on the 11th, the semifinals of the 400-meter began.

In the group stage, Zhang Guan did not encounter a serious opponent, and only had a time of 46.05 seconds to use as a reference. In the semi-finals, he was placed in the same group as two players from the U.S. team, LaSean Merritt, and Milton Campbell, the future star of the United States.

Zhang Guan vaguely remembers that at the future Capital Olympics, the United States team swept the gold, silver and bronze medals in the men's 400-meter sprint, when the 400-meter king Jeremy Variner only won the silver medal, and it was Lashawn Merritt who defeated Varina to win the gold. However, the 20-year-old Merritt is still a young player on the U.S. team, and the leader of the U.S. team in the 400-meter run in the indoor track and field competition this time is Milton Campbell.

Campbell is also an experienced player, and although he has not won many major prizes in his career, he has been in good form, and belongs to the kind of athlete who can't win against strong opponents and can't lose against weak players.

For the audience, the men's 400m does not seem to attract much attention, because fifteen minutes ago, the women's pole vault competition has begun, and the Russian pole vault queen Isinbayeva is about to appear, and the Russians are paying attention to Isinbayeva, where are there still people to watch the semifinals of the 400m sprint.

The rhythmic applause made Zhang Guan feel a little depressed, he remembered that the match was interrupted by Isinbayeva during the rematch of the Athens Olympics, and today, the same situation is happening again.

As a result, the semi-finals of the men's 400m dash had to be postponed for a few minutes, and the starter signaled for the athlete to stand on the starting block only after Isinbayeva successfully jumped over the bar.

Merritt and Campbell looked in the direction of Zhang Guan, and the time of 46.05 seconds was not too much pressure for the two, and the key Zhang Guan's running style was too peculiar. They couldn't figure out why Zhang Guan was able to explode so fast in the final sprint.

However, the starter's guns soon rang out, and Merritt and Campbell were able to experience Zhang Guan's special style of running for themselves on the track.

The first 100 meters of the race is still uneventful, everyone runs normally, there are no mistakes, Zhang Guan's sense of rhythm looks very good, with the speed he shows, it is definitely the level of the world's top players.

Next, the athlete entered the second 100 meters, and Zhang Guan did not change his rhythm. Campbell looked like he picked up a slight pace, while Merritt's pace slowly began to grow.

Merritt stole a trick from Jeremy Variner, trying to keep his pace as constant as he could when he entered the straights, and then amplified his steps, although he didn't master the technique very well, and it was far from being as good as Varina, but at least he showed a good talent.

This technique of Varina is not something that everyone can learn.

We normal people can feel it when we walk, if we deliberately increase our pace. Then the posture of the body will change, the physical exertion will also increase, and for the 400-meter sprinter, the stride will be deliberately increased in a certain section of the course. It also means a change in pace and physical exertion, so it becomes a difficult technique to master.

For example, Liu Feiren's training of changing the first column in eight steps to seven steps is actually equivalent to stepping one-seventh more distance in each step in front of him, and this change. It took Liu Feiren several years to fully grasp it. Liu Feiren only changed the distance of 13.72 meters in front of the first hurdle, while Varina needed to change in the entire straight-line runway area, which is difficult to imagine.

Merritt was feeling very good at this time. He had only just started to learn the technique of taking strides on a straight track, and in today's race, he felt that he had performed at the best level of his usual practice.

However, after running for more than a few tens of meters, Merritt's pace adjustment still had a problem, his rhythm seemed a little flustered, he had to slow down a little to adjust his rhythm, this forced adjustment actually affected the speed very much, his previous efforts were not in vain at this moment, but slightly behind Kebell and Zhang Guan.

In the third 100m, Campbell slightly reduced the pace and raised the tempo a little, and he was about to start sprinting!

Campbell still used the same Michael Johnson style of running, starting to accelerate at about 250 meters, then making slight adjustments before moving on to the final sprint.

Campbell stands out at this moment, he is a very strong player after all, even if everyone accelerates at the same time, Campbell can still gain an advantage.

Merritt, on the other hand, accelerated a little later than Campbell and appeared to be in a hurry.

As for Zhang Guan, the rhythm remains the same.

"I'm ahead! Okay, rush to the finish line in one go. Campbell visually inspected Merritt's situation and felt that he would continue to run like this, and Merritt should have no chance to win against him!

Merritt, on the other hand, turned her attention to Zhang Guan.

"I'm already ahead of Zhang Guan. Is it possible to qualify second in the group? Wait a minute, Zhang Guan used the same running method as in the group stage! ”

The next moment, the leading Campbell took the lead in the final 100 meters, and at this time he had already exhausted a lot of physical strength, but he still forced another acceleration for the final sprint.

Merritt was close behind, and at this moment Merritt showed the potential of a future sprinter, his physical reserves were better than Campbell's, and his sprint speed was fast, and he began to slowly approach Campbell.

"Come on, we'll be overtaking Campbell in no time!" Merritt said secretly in her heart. And at this moment, a red figure suddenly appeared beside him, and then swept over extremely quickly, heading straight for Campbell in front!

"It's Zhang Guan!" Merritt's eyes widened, and Zhang Guan once again showed a pace that did not belong to the 400-meter sprint, and this time, his sprint was faster than in the group stage!

Yesterday, Merritt once watched Zhang Guan's 400-meter sprint race on the spot, but the feeling of watching the game and the actual competition was completely different.

"Zhang Guan is running so fast, how can I chase it?"

The final sprint. For Zhang, it was another performance to surpass his opponents, he overtook Merritt, overtook Campbell, overtook everyone in front of him, and then crossed the finish line, finishing first in the group with a time of 45.63 seconds to advance to the final.

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Behind the hotel where the athletes stayed was a school with an open-air athletic field.

Campbell, dressed in a tracksuit, trotted all the way into the school and ran towards the track and field, but the school's security guard just glared at him and didn't stop him.

"How the hell did Zhang Guan do it. Could it be that the rhythm of the first 300 meters is completely unchanged, and it can really retain more physical strength, but it is impossible to have such a fast sprint! I always felt that something was wrong, and I had to try it myself. Campbell ran onto the track of the track and saw a familiar figure speeding down the track. It was none other than LaSean Merritt.

Merritt was already running into the second corner, his pace was steady, but it looked a little strange, and Campbell could clearly feel that Merritt was a little slower than usual.

Next, Merritt did not accelerate at the original acceleration point. Or maybe he didn't accelerate in the corners at all, only to see him run into the final straight, and then he started to pick up speed and rush towards the finish.

Merritt sprints fast. It was much faster than usual for the final sprint, but as we got closer to the finish, Merritt's pace slowed down, and Campbell could tell that Merritt was struggling. Or it can be said that in the last moments, Merritt has run out of energy.

Merritt crossed the finish line and then looked at the stopwatch in his hand. Shake your head in frustration.

"No, according to Zhang Guan's running method, it's almost 50 seconds! And if you run like this, the final sprint can't reach Zhang Guan's speed at all, and the physical strength can't support the finish line! How exactly did Zhang Guan do it? ”

"Rashawn!" Campbell's voice rang out not far away: "Are you experimenting with Zhang Guan's running style?" ”

"Yes." Merritt nodded, and continued, "But I can't. I've tried it twice, and I deliberately slowed down a bit in front of me to reserve more stamina, but in the end it was nowhere near as fast as Zhang Guan's sprint, and the stamina distribution was a big problem, and I couldn't keep sprinting at that pace to the finish line. ”

"You time me, I'll try." Campbell said, standing at the starting line.

A minute later, Campbell reached the finish line, and he didn't even bother to ask about his time, because he knew he was about 50 seconds away.

"How can there be such a strange way of running in the world!" Campbell couldn't stop complaining: "I ran 300 meters in front, even if I ran very slowly, the rest of my physical strength couldn't make a sprint at that speed!" Is that guy an alien? ”

Merritt continued: "I think if I could have doubled my stamina than I have now, I would have been able to have that kind of sprint in the final stages. ”

"Twice as much? Lasean, what kind of joke are you talking about! How could anyone in the world have such perverted physical strength......" Campbell's words suddenly stopped, as an experienced professional athlete, he knew that what Merritt said was right, if he really had twice the physical strength than usual, he could indeed do it like Zhang Guan.

"Could it be that Zhang Guan has such perverted physical strength?" Campbell gasped, and he suddenly realized that Zhang Guan, the world's No. 1 flyer, may not be the explosive power beyond ordinary people, but the physical strength beyond the scope of normal humans. (To be continued.) )

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